The auto industry is one of the hardest-hit victims of the global financial crisis. Tens of thousands of jobs are at stake worldwide. Detroit's once-mighty GM is on the brink of collapse, while in France, Renault employees fear job cuts.
China on Friday condemned a US report about Chinese human rights violations, calling it “fraught with prejudice”, and said that problems in the US meant it had no right to lecture other countries.
Philip Crowther meets Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago and Former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama. He explains why in his opinion Barack Obama must be re-elected as president in November. He also tells us about the city of Chicago and explains why he thinks it is a great place to live.
World powers and Iran both gave positive signals as talks began Wednesday, with EU foreign chief Catherine Ashton (file photo) hopeful that Iran would respond positively to a new offer designed to persuade it to scale back its nuclear programme.
Mitt Romney imagines his first day as president of the United States. Wikileaks launches its very own social network. And YouTube celebrates its 7th birthday…
Facebook shares dropped below their IPO price in early trading Monday, just a day after the first full trading day of the US' second-largest public offering of all time. The tumble followed a turbulent trading session Friday.
NATO leaders said Sunday that they would hand over the lead role in combat operations to Afghan forces across the country by mid-2013, in a bid to show a united front after France’s new president announced he would withdraw French troops early.
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York City on Saturday, a month after sparking a diplomatic crisis between the two countries by escaping house arrest and taking refuge at the US embassy in Beijing.
French President François Hollande's vow to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years before NATO's planned pullout, was set to cause friction amongst NATO leaders as they met for a summit in Chicago on Sunday.
A clear exit strategy for Afghanistan was set to dominate NATO summit talks in Chicago on Sunday, as leaders seek to to ensure the country is stable in time for a planned troop withdrawal in 2014.
